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New York Yankees right-hander Hiroki Kuroda turned 38 years old this past weekend, but you'd hardly know it by the way he pitched last season. In fact, the underrated Kuroda finished the 2012 season No. 19 on ESPN's Player Rater among start...

Blog | February 15, 2013

Eric Karabell highlights pitchers over the age of 35 who could be real bargains in fantasy drafts this season.

Blog | Conversation | February 15, 2013

Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy smacked two home runs and knocked in four Monday, raising his surprising batting average to .328. Lucroy was hitting .345 when he broke his hand and missed nearly two months, and has slowed over the past thre...

Blog | August 21, 2012

Eric Karabell looks at the fantasy-noteworthy performances from Monday, including a multi-homer game from top-10 catcher Jonathan Lucroy.

Blog | Conversation | August 21, 2012

Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Mike Fiers entered Monday having allowed seven earned runs in his past nine outings covering 61 innings, and with a 1.80 ERA, and then the Colorado Rockies pounded him for eight runs in two innings. Fiers' ERA rose...

Blog | August 14, 2012

Eric Karabell looks at the fantasy-noteworthy performances from Monday, including a rare rough night for Mike Fiers.

Blog | Conversation | August 14, 2012

• Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria and Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton each returned to active duty Tuesday after long, injury-induced absences, and fantasy owners shouldn't hesitate to activate them into lineups and a...

Blog | August 08, 2012

Eric Karabell looks at the fantasy-noteworthy performances from Tuesday, including the return of Evan Longoria and Giancarlo Stanton from DL stints.

Blog | Conversation | August 08, 2012

Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg will pitch in September and October. Let's get that out of the way up front. Entering the weekend the right-hander is the No. 10 pitcher on ESPN's Player Rater and one of the most coveted individua...

Blog | July 27, 2012

Eric Karabell looks ahead to the final two months of the season and lays out a handful of bold predictions for pitchers, including thoughts on Stephen Strasburg, Tim Lincecum and R.A. Dickey.

Blog | Conversation | July 27, 2012

With numerous trades to discuss and Power Rankings to reveal, Mark Simon and I gathered for Tuesday's Baseball Today podcast , and, yes, we also got a little bit ridiculous! 1. Mark likes the Ichiro Suzuki trade and I think he's pretty much shot a...

With a Monday night full of injuries for us to discuss, a seemingly healthy Keith Law and myself were eager to discuss the greatest game on Tuesday's Baseball Today podcast ! 1. Losing Joey Votto for a month shouldn't cripple the Cincinnati Reds, ...

Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young homered Sunday for the fourth consecutive game. Young, owned in roughly a quarter of ESPN standard leagues, hit six home runs his first 74 games. Now with 10 home runs (and notably a mere nine walks versus 59 st...

Blog | July 09, 2012

Eric Karabell looks back at Sunday's action, including Delmon Young continuing his homer streak to four games.

Blog | Conversation | July 09, 2012

SweetSpot blogger Dave Schoenfield and I gathered for Monday's Baseball Today podcast with our big top-10 lists of best teams and much more! 1. Seattle Mariners announcer Dave Sims talked about the Mariners, whether Ichiro will be in a Mariners un...

Chicago Cubs right-hander Ryan Dempster enters Monday leading the major leagues with a 1.02 ERA, his WHIP is an outstanding 0.85, and he's fanned 36 hitters in 35 1/3 innings. Still, you somehow won't find his name among the top 40 pitchers...

Blog | May 14, 2012